U+0078 "x" Latin Small Letter X Unicode Character

U+0078 "x" Latin Small Letter X is a fundamental letter in the Latin alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter samekh and later adopted by the Greeks as Chi, which the Romans then transformed into its current form. In modern usage, this character serves multiple roles, including representing the 24th letter of the English alphabet, the variable in mathematical equations, the multiplication symbol, and a common placeholder or marker in forms and checkboxes. As part of the ASCII standard, its code point U+0078 ensures consistent representation across digital systems worldwide, making it one of the most versatile and recognizable characters in computing and written language.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0078
Version Added	1.1
Name	Latin Small Letter X
Block	Basic Latin
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	x
HTML Hex Encoding	x
UTF-8 Encoding	0x78
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0078
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000078
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0078

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
East Asian Width	Narrow
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"X" U+0058 Latin Capital Letter X
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"X" U+0058 Latin Capital Letter X
Uppercase Code Point	"X" U+0058 Latin Capital Letter X
Titlecase Code Point	"X" U+0058 Latin Capital Letter X
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
Script	Latin
Script Extensions	Latin
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	Lower